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Network settings won't open at ALL, might have a virus please help

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Might not be a virus. Might be a glitch. Try turning it on and off again. If all else fails, repair your install.

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So I think I probably got a virus, it seems it's blocking me from clicking on the Speaker icon and the Network icon on my desktop, Windows acts as if it is opening but it never opens and searching for network and sharing center then opening just doesn't work it opens then hangs at not responding and sometimes doesn't work. I did try using a RAR password unlocker (buddy sent me a rar file and forgot password said I would fix it). Think I got a virus because of it on my laptop now just installed malwarebytes on a flashdrive gonna try to run it on desktop anything else I should do/try?

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Might not be a virus. Might be a glitch. Try turning it on and off again. If all else fails, repair your install.

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I had the same thing a while back. Have you tried just waiting 15 minutes and see if it eventually opens? For me it did eventually open but it was a bit random. The problem is gone now so idk. I doubt it's a virus but who knows.

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Might not be a virus. Might be a glitch. Try turning it on and off again. If all else fails, repair your install.

Going to restart after Avast! and MalwareBytes finish scanning... Oh boy hope I don't have to reformat/repair install just did that a couple of months ago due to a corrupt install.

 

I had the same thing a while back. Have you tried just waiting 15 minutes and see if it eventually opens? For me it did eventually open but it was a bit random. The problem is gone now so idk. I doubt it's a virus but who knows.

Doesn't seem like it's coming this is on my main gaming rig specs in sig so not like the thing is being slow or anything. 

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My Virtualization Server - Dell R710: 2x X5570s @ 2.93GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM [Web Server, OSX, Plex, Reverse Proxy]

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sorry for all the extra replies but does MalwareBytes usually take 12 minutes to prepare for a full C drive scan? A bit anxious and scared that I might have a virus sorry.

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My Virtualization Server - Dell R710: 2x X5570s @ 2.93GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM [Web Server, OSX, Plex, Reverse Proxy]

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Might not be a virus. Might be a glitch. Try turning it on and off again. If all else fails, repair your install.

Restarting seems to have fixed it thanks should've done that in the first place. Thanks

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My Virtualization Server - Dell R710: 2x X5570s @ 2.93GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM [Web Server, OSX, Plex, Reverse Proxy]

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Restarting seems to have fixed it thanks should've done that in the first place. Thanks

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